An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands near New Caledonia. 7NEWS
Earlier it had warned about the possibility of waves ranging up to 1m above the tide level across 26 locations in the South Pacific.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology had issued a tsunami threat for Lord Howe Island, warning the roughly 450 inhabitants to leave the water’s edge due to waves and strong currents.“We haven’t moved to higher ground and we’re probably not going to,” said Damien Ball of the Thompsons General Store on Lord Howe Islands earlier.
Geoscience Australia said the quake hit at a depth of 31km, while the United States Geological Survey had it at 38km.
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